Tire.



` W.- C. KRQBGHER,

TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED DEO. 28, 1'9l2.

v Patented Aug.26,1913.

specification, reference tire and arranged circumferentially sponding WILHELM c. Knouennn, or BELLEvUE, 'rENnsYLvAnm- TIRE.

remise.

To @ZZ whom it mayA concern: y

Be it known t at I, W'ILHELM C. KROE- enen, a citizen 'f theUnited States of Arriere ica. residing atFBellevue` in the county lof Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in rTires, of whichthe following is a being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to tires, and the primary object of my invention is to furnish a solid rubber tire with novel antiskidding meansV whereby the tire cannot slide or slip upon smooth and wet surfaces, such as are. often encountered when rounding a curved section of road.

mother 'object of this invention is to'furnisli a solid tire with a yieldable metallic reinforcement that is embedded within the thereof, the reinforcement increasing the lasting qualifications of theA tire by preve-nting'to a large degree the cracking, overheating and deterioration of a tire.

A further object of this invention is to provide a tire with a metallic reinforcement that is brought into action as an anti-skid A ding means when the periphery or tread of tire is compressed, otherwise the metallic reinforcement not-interfering with or impairing the resiliency ofthe tire for cushioning purposes. i

I attain the abovepbiects b v a mechanical. construct-ion that will be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawing, where- Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of the tire partly broken awa-y and partly in section, Fig. 2 tional view of the preferred form of tire as shown in Fig. l, Fig. 3 is a similar view of a iiicditication of the invention.

Further describing my invention in detail with reference to the accompanying ing, wherein like numerals denote .corre-' parts throughout the several views z-l solid tire that is preferably The periphery or tread of the tire has a V-` shaped opening 2 circumferentially thereof and this opening is incommunication with a circular pocket 3 circular in cross section v th at is closer as the walls of the openingV is an enlarged cross sec- '.cir'cumferentially drawl ldenotes a portion of an annular i made of rubber..

proximity to the'periphery or tread of the tire'than theginner yeide thereof.

4; denotes a metallic reinforcement in the form of a slitted tube that is arranged within the pocket 3, said tube having the slitt-ed edges thereof proiected inwardly to forni angularly vdisposed contacting. flanges 5. The flanges 5 cooperatel with' the walls of the tubeet in forming sharp edges 5- at the inner edge/s of the opening 2.. The outer sides of the flanges J5 are injthe same plane 2 and when the periphery or treadv of the tire is compressed the material forniingthe walls'of 'the opening 2 is compressed or flattened to that eX- tent that the sharp edges 6 of the'tiibe 4 are exposed and serve as an anti-skidding means i for preventing the tire from sliding. or .slipping upon wet or smooth surfaces.

In Fig. 8 the tire designated 14 is similar to the tire i lustrated in Fig. 2, with the exceptionthat it has a cavity l5 formed circumferentially thereof, which can be filled with air.

It is thought that the utility of a tire in accordance with this invention will be apparenty without further description. particularly in connectioawith such,v vehicles as use solid rubber tires, and p whileA iin the drawing` there are ilflustratedfthe preferred embodimentspf myv invent-ien, it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible to such changes as 'fall within the i scope of the appended claim'.

that l claim is z' The combination with a rubber tire ciru cularv in 'Cross section, said' tire having its periphery formed with a V-shaped opening thereof, said* tire further provided. with a circular pocket circular in cross section and communicating with said opening, vof a circular metallic reinforcement mounted in said pocket and provi/ed witha V-shaped recess, the walls of said recess forming 'a continuation of the walls of said opening.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature lin the presence of two witnesses.

A W'LHELM C. KROEG. UGR. lVitnesses MAX H. SiioLovrrz,

KA'riiiiRiNn ERRETT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve centseacii, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C. 

